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Is it okay to "hold" a parking spot by standing in it for a few minutes? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by weastie@lemmy.world to c/philadelphia@lemmy.world
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Curious what the community thinks of this. When I have a friend who's less than 5 minutes away, sometimes I will go out and look for (street) parking spots, and if I find one, I'll just stand in it until they get there. In my opinion this is totally okay to do, given that they'll be there in a few minutes.

But every now and then someone fights me about it. They'll nearly run me over trying to park in it, and I'll say I'm holding it. They'll say you can't do that. Idk man, look I get it if it was like 15+ minutes that's no good, but if a friend is just a few minutes away I think that's totally fine.

I mean we're talking about a public street here. Tell me if you think I'm wrong

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

First one there with a car gets it. That's the unwritten rule we all play by, and you should too.

Although, you could try acting like a meth-head in the spot. No one wants to bother a tweaker.

https://youtu.be/6Xj92XJ5zkk

[–] weastie@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hmm okay. I have neighbors who just put traffic cones in parking spots so I have to feel like actively standing there is better than that.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

If its on public parking streets and not a spot the neighbor cleared snow from in the winter, they have no claim to it either.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

Traffic cones put up by neighbours can just be ignored though. They have no power over you.

[–] enchanted@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The meth head part is perfect. No one wants to park in a spot a tweeker is 'working'. If you are trying to save a spot, just act that out if you feel guilty.

Pedestrians have the right-of-way at any rate vs a car.